Cross Base is a Grade II listed building in the West Lancashire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1988. Cross base.
Cross Base
- WRENN ID
- stranded-pavement-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Lancashire
- Constituency
- West Lancashire MP: Ashley Dalton (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1988
- Type
- Cross base
- Address
- Cross Base, Cooper's Lane, Hilldale
- OS grid reference
- SD 517 134
- Coordinates
- 53.61524, -2.7315
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cross Base is a structure assumed to be medieval, located on the west side of Cooper's Lane in Wrightington. It is made of sandstone and has an irregular boulder shape with a roughly rectangular plan. There is a socket towards the southern end of the base.
Local climate
Cross Base sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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